Awning type window



March 22, 1955 H. ARCAMONTE AWNING TYPE WINDOW Filed July 20, 1953 4 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. HUMBERT AQCAMONTE AT ORNEY March 22, 1955 H. ARCAMONTE 2,704,385

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AWNING TYPE WINDOW Filed July 20, 1953 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 aa glg 5 INVENTOR.

Y House/2r ARCAMONTE jzmmlh w ATTORNEY United States Patent AWNING TYPE WINDOW Humbert Arcamonte, Miami, Fla.

Application July 20, 1953, Serial No. 368,968

Claims. (Cl. 20-42) The present invention relates generally to window structures and is more particularly directed to improve ments in awning type windows.

A principal object of the present invention is to provide an awning type window which is simple and economical in construction and easy to operate.

A further object of the present invention is to provide an awning type window having a plurality of window sashes mounted in a tier whose operating mechanism permits a delayed opening of the lower window sashes.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of an awning type window having the above mentioned characteristics which permits the partial opening of the top most sash while the remaining sashes are in their closed positions, then the consecutive partial opening of the lowermost sash followed by the partial opening of the intermediate sash or sashes at which time all of the sashes then move towards their completely opened positions.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide an awning type window of the above mentioned character wherein the top most sash is returned to its closed position only after the remaining sashes have become closed.

With these and other objects in view, the invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the present specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings, but may be changed or modified so long as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation view of an awning type window and frame with the window sashes shown in their closed position.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken along line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken along line 4--4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a sectional view similar to Figure 2 showing the top most sash in a partly opened position while the lower sashes are in their closed position.

Figure 6 is a similar sectional view showing the further opening of the top most sash while the lowermost sash is in a partly opened position and the intermediate sash is in its closed position.

Figure 7 is a similar sectional view showing all of the sashes in their completely opened position.

Figure 8 is a sectional view taken along line 88 of Figure 7.

Figure 9 is a detailed perspective view of an actuating bar.

Figure 10 is a view similar to Figure 9 of a slotted guide member.

Figure 11 is a similar view of a sash link.

Figure 12 is a similar view of a sash lever arm.

Figure 13 is a similar view of a sash hinge and hinge support with the hinge pin in position.

In my copending application, Serial No. 301,089 filed on July 26, 1952 and which has been abandoned,

for Awning-Type Window, I have described in general termmology a similar awning type window as that of the present invention and having substantially the same mode of operation. Referring now to the drawings wherein like numerals indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 10 designates an awning type window shown in Figures 1-3 inclusive mounted in a pre-cast window frame 11. The window 10 is shown consisting of a top window sash 12, a bottom window sash 14 and an intermediate window sash 13. However, as will be pointed out in greater detail, a plurality of intermediate window sashes 13 may be readily provided in the window 10 by merely duplicating the various structure thereof. The frame 15 of the window 10 is made of extruded aluminum or any similar metal having a U-shaped cross section (see Figures 4 and 8) thereby forming vertical channel portions 17, 17 and a horizontal or bottom channel portion 18 in which are housed the operating mechanisms which are hereinafter explained in detail. The outer periphery of the frame 15 is provided" with a flange 19 on whose vertical portions diametrically opposed pairs of hinge pin supports 20, 21 and 22 are riveted or otherwise secured thereto. On each side of the upper edge portions of the window sashes 12, 13 and 14 somewhat similarly constructed hinge pin supports 20a, 21a and 22a are riveted with pivot pins 23 pivotally mounting the various supports together as shown to permit a vertical and outward swinging movement of the windows 12, 13 and 14. It is to be noted that the pivot pins 23 of each of the windows 12, 13 and 14 are positioned at varying distances from the face of the flange 19.

Within each of the channels 17, 17 contained in the vertical members of the frame 15 there is an actuating bar 25 mounted for vertical movement therein. At the bottom portion of each of the actuating bars 25 there is secured thereto a gear rack 26 whose teeth engage a worm gear 27 journalled in a support 28 secured to the window frame proper. Each of the worm gears 27 is mounted on a shaft 29 on whose lower portion there is mounted a bevel gear 30 in mesh engagement with a further bevel gear 31 which is itself mounted on a horizontally disposed shaft 32 which extends to approximately the middle of the window frame 15.

The inner ends of the shafts 32 are secured together and have a bevel gear 33 mounted thereon in mesh engagement with a bevel gear 34 mounted on the end portion of a drive shaft 35 on whose free end an operating handle 36 is secured. It can be readily seen that by turning the operating handle 36, the interconnecting shafts and gears herein above described will turn, causing each of the racks 26 and the actuating bars 25 to move vertically within the channels 17.

The top portion 38 of each of the actuating bars 25 is bent at right angle thereto and an L-shaped member 39 is secured to the actuating bar 25 in spaced relation to the member 38 to form a horizontal slot or channel 40. At approximately the midportion of the actuating bar 25 and also at the lower end thereof horizontal slots or channels 41 and 41a are formed by an L-shaped member 42 and 42a mounted in spaced relation to an L-shaped member 43 and 43a respectively. The L-shaped members 43 and 43a extend along the width of the actuating bar 25 to a position spaced from the outer edge portion of the bar 25 at which position a vertically disposed plate member 44 and 44a are secured to the edge portion thereof at right angle to the actuating bar 25. The function of the plate members 44 and 44a and the slots or channels 41 and 41a is explained hereinafter.

On both sides of the window 12 along the edge portions thereof, a link 46 is pivotally mounted by a pivot pin 47 secured to the window 12. The free end of each of the links 46 has a pin 48 secured thereto,

which pin 48 is received by an arcuate slot 49 formed in a guide member 50 which is itself secured to the window frame 15 in the upper portion of each of the channels 17. The guide member 50 is provided with a further arcuate surface 51 contiguous with and above the arcuate slot 49.

Likewise, on each of the sides of the windows 13 and 14 and along the edge portions thereof, there is a lever arm 53 riveted or otherwise secured thereto, with the free end 54 of the lever arm 53 extending beyond the top portion of the each of the windows 13 and 14. A pin 55 which is secured to the free end 54 of each of the lever arms 53 normally bears against the surface of the plate member 44 or is received by the slot or channel 41 and 41a depending upon the position of the windows 13 and 14 respectively, as is explained in greater detail hereinafter. As best shown by Figure 8, a rubber or plastic gasket or insert 56 is placed in a channel 57 which circumvents the window frame at its inner portion, while a further gasket or insert 58 is positioned in a channel 59 formed across the top of each of the windows 12, 13 and 14. When the windows 12, 13 and 14 are in their closed positions, inner surfaces of the flanges thereof will bear against the rubber inserts 56 and 58 to effect an airtight seal thereby.

With the windows 12, 13 and 14 in their closed position as shown in Figures 1 to 3 inclusive, the links 46 on either side of the window 12 and the lever arms 53 of the windows 13 and 14 assume a substantially vertical position. Each of the pins 48 of the links 46 is contained in the channel 40 formed by the members 38 and 39 and bears against the top portion of the arcuate surface 51 of the guide member 50, while each of the pins 55 of the lever arms 53 bears against the plate members 44 and 4411. As the operating handle 36 is rotated, the shaft 35 and bevel gear 34 will rotate causing the engaged bevel gear 33 and the shafts 32, 32 to rotate, thereby conveying the rotational move ment to each of the bevel gears 31 positioned at either side of the window frame 15. Each of the bevel gears 30 will now be rotated by the gears 31 causing the shaft 29 and the worm gear 27 to rotate and the racks 26 along with the actuating bars to move downwardly. As the actuating bars 25 commence to move, the members 38 exert a downward force against the pins 48 to thereby cause the window 12 to pivot and swing outwardly about the pivot pin 23 to a slightly open position while the windows 13 and 14 are still in their closed position. The links 46 maintain their position relative to the window 12 namely, lie in the plane of the window 12, while the pins 48 continue to bear against and move downwardly along the arcuate surface 51 of the guide member 50. At the same time the plate members 44 and 44a, on which the pins 55 of the lever arms 53 are bearing, move downwardly until the pivot pin 55 of the window 14 comes into contact relation with the member 42a. force then exerted by the member 42a on the pivot pin 55 causes the window 14 to pivot and swing outwardly about its hinge pin 23 to a partly opened position. As the actuating bars 25 continue to move downwardly, the window 12 is opened to beyond its halfopened position, the window 14 to its approximately one-third opened position when the window 13 commences to open as best shown by Figure 6 of the drawings. At approximately this position the pins 48 of the links 46 of the window 12 have entered the slots 49 of the guide members 50, the pin 55 of the lever arm 53 of the window 13 is in contact relation with the member 42, while the pin 55 of the window 14 has entered the slot or channel 41a and is sliding towards the rear portion thereof. Now, as the actuating bar 25 continues to move to its downwardmost position, the pin 48 of the link 46 is carried to the lower portion of the slot 49 of the guide member 50 and the link 46 pivots about its pivot pin 47 to the position shown by Figure 7 at which position the window 12 is in its completely opened position. At the same time the pins 55 of the windows 13 and 14 move rearwardly along the slots or channels 41 and 41a respectively bringing the windows 13 and 14 to their completely opened position.

On reversing the rotational movement of the operating handle 36, the actuating bars 25 now slide upwardly causing the links 46 to swing upwardly about their pivot pins 47 while the window sash 12 swings downwardly about the hinge pin 23 at a rate determined by the The downward curvature of the slot 49. The window sashes 13 and 14 pivot about their hinge pins 23 and commence to return to their closed positions. Since the hinge pins 23 of the windows 13 and 14 are at different distances from the face of the window frame 15, the arcs described by the free end 54 of the lever arms 53 of the windows 13 and 14 will likewise be different. As shown by the drawings the hinge pins 23 of the window 13 are closer to the surface of the window frame 15 than those of the window 14. Therefore, the arcs described by the pins 55 of the window 13 will be shorter than those of the window 14 and the window 13 will close at a faster rate than window 14 and thereby become completely closed while the window 14 is still partly opened. As the operating arm 36 is continued to rotate, the pins 48 of the links 46 will leave the slots 49 and be received by the arcuate surfaces 51 of the guide members 50 at which position the links 46 will lie in and along the same plane as the window sash 13 and abut against the flange 19 of the sash 13, whereby further movement of the pins 48 will cause the window 13 to rotate downwardly toward its closed position. The intermediate window sash 13 closes first, then the bottom window sash 14 closes, and finally the top window sash 12 closes thereby returning all the sashes to their closed position.

It can be readily seen that the time delay in the opening of the windows 13 and 14 can be varied by adjusting the relative positions of the slots or channels 41 and 41a on the actuating bars 25 and changing the positions of the hinge pins 23 relative to face of the window frame 15 in order that the windows 13 and 14 arrive at approximately their respective opened positions at the same time.

Although there is shown and described an awning type window 10 having three window sashes 12, 13 and 14, a greater number of window sashes can be utilized by merely lengthening the window frame 15 and the actuating bars 25, adding further window sashes and duplicating the operating mechanisms shown and described herein.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. An awning type window comprising in combination a frame, a plurality of vertically disposed sashes mounted in a tier on said frame, hinge means mounted on said frame cooperatively engaging said sashes for vertical swinging movement thereof, an actuating bar slidably mounted in said frame adjacent said sashes, a link having one end pivotally mounted on the topmost sash, a pin mounted on the other end of said link and extending in a direction toward said actuating bar, horizontally disposed slotted means mounted on said actuating bar and engaging said pin, a guide member mounted on said window frame and extending between said topmost sash and said actuating bar, said guide member having an arcuate bearing surface engaged by said pin whereby upon actuation of said actuating bar said topmost sash is pivoted about said hinge means, a lever arm secured to said other sashes, said lever arm having an end portion extending beyond each of said sashes, a second pin mounted on said end of each of said lever arms, further slotted means mounted on said actuating bar, whereby upon a predetermined movement of said actuating bar said further slotted means engages said pin for pivotal movement of said other sashes, and operating means operatively connected to said actuating bar for movement thereof.

2. An awning type window comprising in combination a window frame, a plurality of vertically disposed sashes mounted in a tier on said frame, hinge means mounted on said frame cooperatively engaging said sashes for vertical swinging movement of said sashes, an actuating bar slidably mounted in said frame adjacent said sashes, a link having one end pivotally mounted on the top most sash, a pin mounted on the other end of said link and extending in a direction toward said actuating bar, horizontally disposed slotted means mounted on said actuating bar and engaging said pin, a guide member mounted on said window frame and extending between said topmost sash and said actuating bar, said guide member having an arcuate bearing surface engaged by said pin whereby upon actuation of said actuating bar said topmost sash will pivot about said hinge means, a lever arm secured to each of said other sashes, said lever arm having an end portion extending beyond said sashes, a second pin mounted on said end of each of said lever arms, an L-shaped member mounted on said actuating bar adjacent said second pins, a bearing plate member mounted vertically on each of said L-shaped members in contact relation with said second pins, a stop member mounted horizontally on said actuating bar in spaced relation to each of said L-shaped member to form a slot thereby, said stop members being at unequal distances from said second pins of said lower sashes whereby said sashes will become opened at different positions of said actuating bar.

3. A window structure comprising a frame, a vertically swinging sash pivotally mounted on said frame, an actuating bar slidably mounted in said frame adjacent said sash, a link, means pivotally mounting one end of said link to said sash, the other end of said link extending toward the upper portion of said sash, a pin mounted on said other end of said link and extending in a direction toward said actuating bar, horizontally disposed slotted means mounted on said actuating bar and engaging said pin, a guide member mounted on said frame and extending between said sash and said actuating bar, said guide member having arcuate slot means engaged by said pin whereby the actuation of said actuating bar effects the pivotal movement of said sash on said frame.

4. A window structure comprising a frame, a vertically disposed sash, hinge means mounting said sash to said frame for vertical swinging movement of said sash, an actuating bar vertically slidably mounted in said frame adjacent said sash, a link, means pivotally mounting one end of said link to said sash, said link normally lying in a plane passing through said sash and extending beyond said sash, a pin mounted on the other end of said link and extending in a direction toward said actuating bar, a pair of plate members mounted substantially horizontally on said actuating bar and disposed in spaced relation to each other thereby forming a slot adapted to receive said pin, a guide member mounted on said frame and extending between said sash and said actuating member, said guide member having an upper arcuate bearing surface engaged by said pin whereby upon the actuation of said actuating bar said sash swings outwardly while said link remains in the plane of said sash, a lower arcuate bearing surface on said guide member contiguous with said upper arcuate bearing surface, said lower arcuate bearing surface adapted to receive said pin upon the continued movement of said actuating bar for further swinging movement of said sash while said link pivots about said pivot means on said sash.

5. The structure as recited by claim 4 and a plurality of further sashes mounted below and in a tier with said vertically disposed sash, hinge means mounting said further sashes to said frame, a lever arm secured to each of said further sashes, said lever arm lying in the plane of said further sashes and extending beyond said further sashes, a second pin mounted on the free end of said lever arms and extending in a direction toward said actuating bar, a first L-shaped member mounted on said actuating bar adjacent said second pins, a bearing plate member mounted vertically on each of said first L-shaped members in contact relation with said second pins, said bearing plate member being substantially perpendicular to said actuating bar, a second L- shaped member mounted horizontally on said actuating bar in spaced relation to each of said first L-shaped members thereby forming a slot, said second L-shaped member of the intermediate sash being disposed a greater distance from said second pin than that of the lowermost sash whereby upon the actuation of said actuating bar said lowermost sash is swung to an opened position prior to the opening of said intermediate sash.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,292,133 Larson Aug. 4, 1942 2,313,827 Larson Mar. 16, 1943 2,486,407 Hoffman Nov. 1, 1949 2,580,933 Larson Jan. 1, 1952 

